Advertising-machine.



PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

No. 858452. 'I

C. D. HARDING. ADVERTISING MACHINB.

.APPLICATION PILED JUNE 28,1906.

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-PATENTED JULY 2, 1907. 4

C. D. HARDING. ADVERTISING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILBD JUNE 28,1906.

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.A TTORNE 1 5 C. D. HARDING. ADVERTISING MACHINE) APPLIGATIONTILEDJUNE 28.1906,

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' A TTOR/VE YS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. HARDING, oF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

i ADVERTrSING-MAC INE.

Ne. &58,452.

Toall whomt may concem Be it known that I, CHARLES D. HARDING, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State ofiUtah, have invented a new and useful Advertising-Machine,; of which the following is a spccification.

This invention relates to an advertising machine of 'that character adapted to be arranged on a building,

post or other means above &side-walk or other convenient place, where it 'will attract attention', and relates more particularly to s. machine wherein a plurality of rotatable illuininated advertising' devices are employed, at least one of which being provided with moving curtains exposing advertising matter.

The invention has fdi'one of its objects to provide an apparatus oi the character' specified which is of simple and inexpensive Construction, .and comprises compare.- tively few operating parte so that the operation' is reliable and the cost of repair and maintenance trivial. U A further object of the invention is the employment of a number of advertising devices arranged in superimp osed relation and adapted to be simultaneously rotated. A

Another object of the in'vention i's to provide a single motor'nechanism for simultaneously rotating the advertising devices anddriving the curtains of one of the lattei. v

` Another object of the invention is the provision of a novel-.arrangement.oilamps within the several adverdisplay. v

peaas the natureof'the invention' is betterunderstood, the invention 'p ises-the various novel features of Construction andai rangement .of phrts more fully described hereirafterland set forth with particilarity in the claims appended he'rto. 5

L Sin thejaccomp'anying drawinge which illustrate one ew-of advertising machine, a. portion 'of devices being broken away toshew the gearing mjb'etwen them. Fig. 2 ist. central vertical 'I' se' ons taken respc vely on lines 3-8 and '2. i

Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 28, 1906.., Serial No. 323,'791

tising devices'so t illuminate the same for jevening en oi the invention: Figu're 1 is a peri Figs. 3 and-4 are horizontal globe arranged axially and in superimpos'edrelation to' eachother 'and to the base A. The cabinet B is a rec Patented July 2, 1 907.

tangular structure or casing 'preferably of square hori- I zontal cross section a'nd of a height two or more'tiines the width. The si'ds 'of the cabinet are glazed with panes of glass 1 so as to expose t o view curtainsarranged within the cabinet and containing suitable advertising matter.` The corner edges *of thecabinet are*bev`eled and paneledasindi'cated at-2so as to'add to the attractiveness oi the device. "The top and bottom of the cabinet are closed by end plates 3,- each having acen'tral opening 4, Fig. 2, through which extends an upright sup 7 porting shaft 5 on which the cabinetis adapted to' ron tate.

Any suitable motor may be employed for rotatng the advertising device or devices, as for instance, anelectric motor in'dcated at 7 Fig. 2, supportedvon the bottom of the base A and rotat-ing a horiz ontally mounted shait 8 through a speed-reducing pulley and belt driving connection 9. Ori the inner end of the driving shaft 8 is a miter gear 10 that meshes with a gear 11 disposed around the shait 5 and secured to the bottom p plate3 of the cabinet as by boltsl, thetop 13 of the base being a'pertured tope-nit the hub of the'miter gear-'11 to pass through the same. Arrangedcentrally of the bottom'of the baseisa step bearing 13' for the lower end oi the shaft 5, the' latter 'beingheld stat-'lom ary in the hearing by means oi the binding'ecrew 1 4. 1 I By this arrangement the c'abinet B is 'rotateid fil-round v With the abote 'ebjects in view and others as will apfilm or other suitable material upon which advertising'- matter can be depicted. These curtains are preferably in the form of endless belts or ,aprons andnre-rragcd to pass -sroundtop and bottom rollers l'G and 17 ds psedwith their hxes horizontal andedjacent the top and bottomedges of 'the cabinet. As shown more clearly in Figo'. 4 snd, the r'ollers are each i-'e'duced at i and a; spi-ceket chain;19 engages the sprocket te'eth of eachsetof top and bottom rolle-s. By this means the i poeitivelydr ivenzso that the strain in v jiv-ingzthe curtains will be moreevenly distributed.` 'the` curtain's are adapted to be driveilso that the outeide hal oieach willnove in an upwarcl direction 'as ythe arrows, Figo( 2 and 6, this being althougl not'bbligatoty. For this purpose "i g 2.0 is; provided bet een the sh fit 5 'shait .23, Fgs. 2 and 3. The horizontal shat 23 is' journsled it ita ende upright posts 24 sdjacent which eli shaitzl -arranged within the cabiit,

mite' gears 28, the gear-s are pulleys for transmitting rotation to the bottom rollers of two diametrically opposite curtains by means of beits 26. By-this arrangenent the shaft 21, which is journaled in two parallel cross bars 27, is rotated through the rotation of the cabinct by reason of the planetary gearing 20. and the rotation oi theshaft 2l causes the curtains to be actuatel. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that only two pulley and belt transmissions are provided for directly actuating two opposite curtains. The other pair of curtains are actuated through the belt driven rollers by means oi the being arranged at two diagonally oppos'te corners adjacent the bottom oi the cabinet. By the enployment of the miter gears 28 the number oi pulley transnissions is reduced and each pair of curtains will be moved simultaneously in the same direction.

The shaft 5 extends beyond the top of the cabinet and through the advertising device C, brackets 29 and 30 being arranged to support or steady the machine at a point intermediate the advertising 'devices' B and C 'and at the upper end of the shat. The end of the bracket 29 is cross shaped in form and the arms 31 thereof are provided with rotatably mounted pinions 32 disposed at an equal distance around a central opening 33 in the brscket through which the shat 5 passes. These i pinions mesh with circular r-acks 34 and 35 at the top and bottom respectively of the cabinet B andglobe G so that the rotatian. of the cabinet causes the-globe to rotate inan opposite direction, the directions oi rotati'on being ihdicated by the arrows, C may be made of glass or any other suitable material capable oi transmitting light, and on the same is adapted to be depictedsome suitable advertising matter.

Any approvedsysten of illumination for the advertising devices may be enployed, as desired. In the present instance, a plurality of incandescent lanps are provided both for the cabinet and globe. The sii-ait 5 is preferably hollow and the conducting wircs 36 'are passed through th'e same and tapped at suitable points along the shaft for connection with the lanps 37 in the globe. For betterilluminating the curtains of -thc cabinet the lamps 38 are arranged between the lcngths `of each curtain at a number of points depending upon the dimensione oi the`curtain .and .the intensity of illunination desired. The lnnps 38 are supported on socket containing bars'39 arrnngcd transvcrsely along the sides of the cahinot and supported at their ends in' the corners oi the letter on the roller supporting posts 40, Figs. 2 and 3, or hy any other suitable means. Since the shait 5 is stationar'y it is ohvious that the wircs 36 will' not. be subject to abrnsion and henc'e become short circuiteth The circuit conuections for the various lanps of the cnbinet arcportancc as far as the present nvention s couccrncd,

` since a large variety of ci'cuits maybe enployed. To

tr'ansmit the current iron the shalt to the lanps oithe cahinct, brush carrying arms 41 are arranged on the shaft 5 at theupper end oi the cabinet, the arms hay ing isrns es 42 enter ende arranged to bear on Fig. li. The globe ,of no particular imi readily appreciatcd by those skiiled in the art to which 'the invention appertains.

To operate the device all that is necessary is to close the circuit of the electric mot-or"? whcrenpon the advertising devices will be rotated in pposite directions and the curtains of the cabinet wiii he actuated simultaneously so that the different sides of the cabinet and portions of the globe will be exposed to persons ohserving the advertiser.

By reason ofthe curtains and cabinet being each actuated at the-same time new portions of the curtains will be presented to the observer every time the same side of the cabinet is brcught to view. It will thus be seen that a large amount of advertising matter can be displayed by a single device in a novel and attractive manner.

I have described the principle of operation of the in vention together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best ernbodirent thereoi, but l desire 'to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrativ, and that various changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims. 'What is claimed is'.--

1. -In `a devi'ce of the class described, the comhnation of superimposed advertising devices." ,a shefi: extending through the devices, a stationary support for the lower end ot'the shutt, means' for' rotating the lower devlce, a hrzcket' nrrnged between the devices and formim; a hear ing toi-'the upper portion of the siaft, opposed circuiar ,rocks on the devices. and a piuraiity of spnced pinions the contact rings 43 to which the terninals-of the coni ductorsleadingto suitable marinar.

the lamps may be connected in. any When thelamps are connected up mounted on the hracket and meshing with the racks for rotating: the upper hy the lower device.

L'. The combinaton of supe-imposed advertising` devices;

a wnii iracket disposed at the top and bottom. oi the uppe' deviee. acruciforn structure on the lower hrncket. u shaf 'extnding through the devices and supported by the hru'kets, means for rotatin'g the lower device. clrcular 'wks ou the mijacent encis of the devices, and' pinims mnunted on the urms of the siid cruciform structure and meshin with the rache.

ti. i u device of the class described, the combination of I\ sitionury supporting: base. an advertising; device 'evnhlir nounted the-eon, means within 'the base for uwnlrinr ln` advertising device. curtnins mount'ed within the devicv. menus for actuuting the curtains hy the rotatlnu oi' iiu advertising device. a shaft extending through th i-vi'c nni seem-cd in the base. a wall hracket disposed nt ihn upwr end of the device to serve us a hearing for:

hure lii'i'i'iu niilxu hy signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

PHARLES D. IIARDING.

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